Combination fence and repair tool.



E. W. GIIOGAN. COMBINATION FENCE AND REPAIR TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT, 6.1917. l 1 ,272,658. Patented July 16, 1918.

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. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6, |917. 1 ,272,658. Patented Ju1y16,191s.

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EDWARD W. GEOG-AN, OF BYERS, TEXAS.

COMBINATION FENCE AND REPAIR TOOL.

Specieation of Letters Patent.

PatentedJ i115T 16, 1918.

Application filed September 6, 1917. Serial No. 190,068.

objects to simplify the construction and increase the efliciency and utility of devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to pro-L vide a. device of this character whereby strand wires of wire fences may be tightened either when erecting the fence or tak ing up slack in the strand wires.v

Another object of the invention is to provide a device combining twisting and severing operations coacting to produce the desired result.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims; and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention- Figure 1 is a top plan view of the improved implement;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation;

Fig. Sis a bottom plan view;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; f

Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view of the movable Wire severing member;

Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view of the combined supporting plate and stationary wire severing member;

Fig. 7 is a detached perspective view of the operating lever of the Wire severing device;

Fig.` 8 is a detached perspective view of the wire guide attachment of the actuating lever; l

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 4 illustrating a modification in the construction; and

Fig. 10 is a view of the head portion of the improved implement from the side opposite to that shown in Fig. 2.'

vstock or handle portion, represented as a whole at 10, and having a nail-pulling claw 11 at one end and staple-pulling hooks 12 at the opposite end. The stock member 10 is provided intermediate the ends with a longiltudinally directed slot, represented as a whole at 13, extending entirely through the stock and converging in width toward the ends, as shown in Fig. 1. The slot 13 serves as a nut-engaging feature, and enables the stock 10 to be employed as a wrench, the converging form of the slot enabling nuts of varying sizes to be engaged. Formed through the stock at intervals are threaded apertures 14 of varying sizes, the apertures being connected to the slot 13 at its ends by clefts 15 communicating with the threaded apertures at one side. The apertures 14 are designed t0 engage over bolts of various sizes to enable the threads to be cleared of obstructions. After long exposure to vthe elements the threaded portions of the bolts are liable to become clogged from oxidation and likewise liable to become clogged by painting or from accumulations of grit and other foreign matter, and frequently render it almost impossible to remove the nuts. By employing the apertures 14 having the clefts 15 obstructions of this character may be readily removed from bolts, prior to the releasing of the nuts, or to relieve the bolts from obstructions prior to the application of the nuts thereto.

Formed in one edge of the stock 10 is a longitudinally directed recess including a relatively deep intermediate portion 16 and relatively shallow portions 17 and 18 of less depth than the portion 16. Pivoted at 19 to the stock 10 within the portion 16 of the' recess is an operating lever arm, represented as a whole at 20. The structure of the lever is shown more clearly in Fig. 7, and is reduced at one end, as shown at 21, to engage the pivot and increased in thickness, as represented at 22, to stilfen and strengthen the lever. The terminal of the portion 17 of the recess is inclined and undercut, as represented at 23, while the free end of the portion 20 of the lever is correspondingly beveled, as shown at 24, to seat against the pivot 19 in the opposite direction as indi- Vcated5 bv dotted lines in Fig; 2. Pivoted at 25 to tlie free end of the lever arm isa plate 26 having a portion rolled into a finger grip 27 and with. another portion directed laterally as shown at 28 to bear under the adj acent edge of themember 1'0. At one end the thickened portion` 22 of. the lever is'formed with a shoulder 29 which bears against a corresponding shoulder 30 at they adjacent end of the portion 16 of the recess, the two portions 29 and 30 co-acting to form a stop to prevent the movement of the lever inV one direction. The sto-pportions 23 and 24 and the stop portions- 29A and 30- providel for a' two-fold` check to the movement of the lever.

The end of theportion 18 ofthe longitudinally directed recess neX-t to theclaw mem'- ber11. isin V-shape, as shown at 31, and bearing. within the portion 18 of the longitudinally directed recess is a: bearing plate,

represented as a' wholeat 32, andwshewn de tachedin perspective in. Fig. 6. The-mem ber 32. is provided with aI V-shaped -recessor cavity 33. which engages the V--shaped portion 31 of the stock. The member 32 is rigidly connected at one end to the stock 10 by a. rivetorlikefastening device 34,- while the pivot 19 is riveted or otherwise secured. at its outer end in the-member 32. rIhe. pivot 19 thus performs a two-foldl function of a holdingvdevicefor they mernberI 32 and as a pivot for the lever armv20. 'llhemember 32 is likewiseprov-ided.' with. a' wire receiving.:

recess 35 which registerswith the recess 41 and forms acontinuation ofthesame.

rIfhc member 32;.is off greater widthl than the thickness of the stock- 10 and projects beyond. theopposite wi derfaces of thesame,

as shown in Fig. 2..

lVIountedfuponthe stock10 isa wire tw-isting device comprising i ,head member, represented as-a whole atv 36` andprovided with relatively large stud 37 which extends through a cavity in the stock 10-and1isriv-` eted or otherwise secured therein, asshown in=Fig. 4. The member 36 is-provided with a. wire receiving channeh 38 which extends at. itsinner endl into the. studportione37, as shown/at 39, the'bottomnf the channel coming belovvthe adjacent face ofthe stock10.

'The-portionsof vthe stock10 opposite-'the ter# minals of the channel 38 are out out, as shown ait-.40 and 41,. the threeportions39,.40 `and 41 being inalinement. transversely of the stock.

The-headzmember 36 is thusdivided by theV channel -41 into twosemiecircular'porf tions.l 42 .vand\43. as. illustrated; in Figs .1. and 2.. The portion 42./of the wire? twisting device-1Y is provided with a semi-circular wire receiving channelV 44', while the portion`43 is provided with a similar.semi-circular channel 45, the-channels being directed obliquely to the transverse plane of Jthe member 36 or in screw-likeor'spiral form. The spiral channel or groove 44 of the portion 42 merges intoY thespiral channel or ;roove'45` of the portion43. By` thismeans when the channel 38 is disposed over a wire, or a plurality of wires, and a rotary mov-ement applied to the stock l0, the wire or wires will be twisted and enter the channels` and 45 and thus wound around a common center, and thiswillnot only elfectually shorten the wire but apply strong pulling strain thereto. The strand wires or main longitudinal wires of. ai fence may thus be effectually stretchedl or.. strained either in building new fences, or in tightening fences which have become looscned; from any cause.` Y

The portions 42 and 43 of the wire twisting portion of the device are preferably further secured and supported by rivets or like fastening. devices 46 and 47. The coacting fastening devices 3?, 46 and 47 firmly secureY the wire twisting clement to the stock and prev-ent its displacement under the severe strains to which it will be subjected when: in. use7 especially when i twisting. two or, more wires, or theheavier gradefof barbed'wire. or similar material'.

Pivotedatv 48 to the member 32y isa plate- 49 having` ay wiresevering. projection 50 which is adapted to pass transversely; ofi-the inner portion ofthe wire-receivingjrecess or channel 40-41. Bythis-ineansit will be obvious that when the member. 49 is moved uponitspivot 48 the projectingv portion 50I will be movedl over the lower inner end ofi the w-irea'eceiving channel 41, and will-thusv operate as a cutter' to sever the wire held im the coacting channels.. Meansare provided Y for actuating ,the member 49fby the movement of the lever 20, and this-movement is 110 accomplished by the coactionof a pivot" or pin' 51V carried by the member 2()A and exten-ding through a slot 52 in the member 49,-the`I slot being. disposedV obliquely to the longitudinal planeof. the member 49, asshownin` 115 Figs. 2and-5.-` By this sim-ple arrangement when the lever 20 ismo-vedinto afposition;r oblique to the lcngitu-dinalams ofthe stock,4 a strong leverage action. is produced upon the member 49 to cause the severingportion lf2-0 to coperate with the channel'41 andlsever a-wire disposed therein.l This movement?` of the Vlever disposes the member 49 linto thepo#V sition shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The; shearing action thns'rcoperates with the 125 wire-twistingr action, and enables -the opera-- tor to sever the wire in close proximityfto. f the twist when requireda Y If preferredthe twisting. member 36-may" be cast or otherwise formed'. integralwith;L 130 the stock l0, as shown in Fig. 9, and when thus constructed the head will preferably be hollow to decrease the Weight.

The member 36 may be utilized as a hammer head, to drive nails or staples.

When the Wire is twisted until it is sulficiently tight, it may be severed at one side of the g'roove leaving a loose end of sufficient length to enable the Wire to be spliced by turning the loose end back and Winding it around the main or straight portion of the Wire and then turning the improved implement over and completing the splice by Winding the other end around the Wire.

By this means a neat and substantial splice is formed which is relatively stronger than the body of the Wire.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. An implement of the class described, comprising a stock having a Wire-twisting head extending therefrom, said head having Copies of this patent may be obtained for live cents each,

a transverse Wire-receiving channel and with segmentalspiral grooves in its outer face at opposite sides of the channel and extending obliquely to the axis of the head and merging respectively into the outer end and the side faces of the same and communicating With the channel.

2. An implement of the class described, comprising a stock having a Wire-twisting head extending therefrom, said head having a transverse Wire-receiving channel and With segmental spiral grooves in its outer face at opposite sides of the channel and extending obliquely to the axis of the head and merging respectively into the outer end and the side faces of the same and communicating With the channel, and a Wire-severing device carried by the stock and operating transversely of the channel.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EDWARD W. GRoeAN. [es] by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, 2D. C. 

